Friday News for the Week of March 27-31

Happy Friday!

Parents, can I just tell you that your students did AMAZING on the Terra Nova tests?!?! It was a lot of tests for 1st graders but they followed directions, had a great attitude, and did their best work. I know you are very proud of them too, just like I am!

We took tests such as Reading, Math, Math Computation, Vocabulary, Word Analysis, Bible, Social Studies, and Science. For most of the questions the students showed what they learned and knew, but there were a few questions about things they hadn’t learned about yet.

For each test we finished taking, we popped a balloon with a piece of paper inside. On the piece of was something FUN that we would do in the afternoon. And boy, did we have fun! We practiced for Kid City, had read-alouds, cleaned out our writing folder and HAD FUN!

Tobin's Grandparents came to read!

paper airplane challenge!

On Monday and Tuesday of this week, we did lots of practice things for Terra Nova. We took a practice test to get used to how the test works and reviewed some reading and math things.

Today there are so very important documents going home with your child such as the 3rd quarter report cards and the Spring Packets. Please make sure to look over them. If you have any questions, please ask me.

Starting on Saturday is SPRING BREAK until April 9th. If you are traveling or staying in Okinawa, please have a safe wonderful time with your family.

When we come back…

April 10-17

Spelling Words: that   what   this   with   which   then   when   white   where   path   put   each    down

Bible Memory Verse: “He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.” Matthew 28:6a

Upcoming Events:

4/14: 12:30 dismissal for students

4/21: 1st and 2nd grade Kid City

4/28: Elementary Field Day

5/4: Progress reports

5/5: Children’s Day - no school

5/29: Memorial Day - no school

6/2: HS graduation

6/9: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! CLASS PARTY (12:30 Dismissal for Students)

Friday News for the Week of March 21-24

Happy Friday!

Thank you for a wonderful Student Led Conference! I hope you were proud of your child and their growth this year! I sure am proud of them!

This week we read the Fairy Tales that the students wrote. They did a fantastic job!

We also focused on Letter Writing! We learned the different parts of a letter and how you should ask some questions first, then tell about yourself. We wrote a letter to Joshua (who was in our class the first 3 weeks of school!) then they got to pick who to write a letter to. We are also learning how to write our own address to prepare for Kid City.

Math - We finished up Chapter 7 with learning how to read graphs. We did some center work on Thursday. We even had some second graders visit our room to take a survey on our class!

Bible - This week we are taking a break from the Old Testament to review some of the stories from Jesus in the New Testament. We are going through the children’s Bible to learn about Jesus’ miracles and teachings. Jesus is amazing! The blind people can see, the people who can’t walk can walk, and people who are dead are raised back to life!

Today 3rd quarter ends! One more quarter to go!

Next Week:

No homework on Tuesday-Friday

No Spelling Words

Bible Memory Verse: The same as last week

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - Terra Nova Test! Please make sure your child gets plenty of rest these three nights! They can also bring a healthy snack to eat in the morning to help with their brain power. Please let me know if you have any questions!

Report Cards will be sent home on Friday, March 31st

Upcoming Events:

4/3-7: SPRING BREAK - No School

4/14: 12:30 dismissal for students

4/21: 1st and 2nd grade Kid City

4/28: Elementary Field Day

5/4: Progress reports

5/5: Children’s Day - no school

5/29: Memorial Day - no school

6/2: HS graduation

6/9: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! CLASS PARTY (12:30 Dismissal for Students)

Friday News for the Week of March 13-17

This week in 1st grade:

Friday was Culture Fair! The 1st grade students enjoyed going to the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classrooms to learn about countries from Africa, South America and Asia. We learned about the food, money, clothing, toys, houses and so much more about the countries. The 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students did a great job!

This week we focused on practicing for the Student Led-Conference and finishing our Fairy Tales.

In Math, we are deep in the middle of learning about all different kinds of graphs! Picture graphs, bar graphs, tally charts, oh my! We’ve also done some surveys in our own class and it’s fun to figure out the information we can learn from the different graphs.

In Bible, we are continuing through the stories of David. David has finally become king and he brought the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. David was so happy he danced before the Lord. There was peace for a while, but David’s son Absalom started to do some not so good things and even declared himself the king. David continued to trust in God and His promises. Finally, Absalom lost and David continued to rule over Israel for 40 years. We will take a break from learning about David and jump to the New Testament for a little while.

For Social Studies, we are starting to learn about the different places of a community in preparation for Kid City. This week we learned about what happens at a Police Station and a Fire Station. We are so thankful for policeman and fireman who keep us safe!

Next Week:

Monday: Student Led Conference - Here's the schedule if you forgot your time. Please try to come 5 minutes early so we can stay on schedule! This is time for your child to share with you about their progress.

Spelling Words (Review): took, food, foot, soon, play, class, fly, glad, pray, dress, trust, frame, smile, stop, sleep, snack, wish, shape, much, child

Bible Memory: “Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6

Upcoming Events:

3/24: 3rd Quarter Ends

3/27: 4th Quarter Begins

3/29-31: Achievement Testing For these three days, please send an extra healthy snack with your child every day. Example, sembei, fruit, cheese, crackers, etc. Please make sure your child gets enough sleep everyday and make sure they are not late to school, as we will start the test first thing in the morning.

3/31: Report Cards Issued

4/3-7: SPRING BREAK - No School

4/14: 12:30 dismissal for students

4/21: 1st and 2nd grade Kid City

4/28: Elementary Field Day

5/4: Progress reports

5/5: Children’s Day - no school

Friday News for the Week of March 6-10

Happy Friday!

This week:

We continued reading famous Folk Tales/ Fairy Tales such as Goldilocks and the Three Bears, 3 Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood and the Magic Wish. The students were enjoying all the read-alouds this week. After we read the famous Fairy Tale, I read a “Fractured Fairy Tale” where the story is a little different but the same base fairy tale. The students enjoyed those as well! Some fun ones were Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs, Three Ninja Pigs, and Ninja Red Riding Hood.

The students are continuing to write their own Fairy Tale. The students are so creative! We are learning that the process to write a story is difficult and takes a long time. I can’t wait until the students see their final work!

In Spelling we did a spinner game with s blends!

In Math, we started Chapter 7 which is all about graphs! We learned that a survey is a way to find data by asking the same question to different people. We learned that data is the information we collect from a survey. We also learned about a tally chart and how to make a table. These students are quickly becoming mathematicians!

In Bible, the students are learning that God always keeps his promises. Saul who was a good king at first, later turned not-so-good and stopped trusting in God. He died in a battle against the Philistines and now finally, David can be king! God picked David when he was young because God saw his heart, because “The Lord looks not at what men do. Men look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7

Student-Led Conference: The students are working hard on their Student-Led Conference Portfolios. They have filled it with work from 1st, 2nd, and 3rd quarter and they are excited to show you! Did you receive the invitation to the conferences? March 20th, there is no school, instead, you are invited to come at the time listed to listen to you child share about their progress!

Math Books: We finished our first math book! The students will be bringing it home today. Feel free to look through it to see what we’ve done! There are also some extra pages that you can rip out to do with your child. If you don’t need the math book and want to recycle it, feel free to send it back to school and we’ll add it to the school’s recycling! :)

Next Week:

Spelling Words: wish  child  she  push  shape  check shell  much  fish  chips  been  now

Bible Memory: “The Lord is faithful to all his promises and loving towards all he has made.” Psalm 145:13

MONDAY - NO SCHOOL! OCSI HOLIDAY!

3/17: Culture Fair (K-2nd students will listen to the 3-5gr students explain their country reports!)

Upcoming Events:

3/20: Elementary Student-Led Conferences (Please send the form back to school this week to let me know if you can come or not!)

3/24: 3rd Quarter Ends

3/27: 4th Quarter Begins

3/29-31: Achievement Testing (grades 1-8)

3/31: Report Cards Issued

4/3-7: SPRING BREAK - No School

4/14: 12:30 dismissal for students

4/21: 1st and 2nd grade Kid City

4/28: Elementary Field Day, Jr/Sr Banquet

5/4: Progress reports

5/5: Children’s Day - no school

Friday News for the Week of Feb 27- Mar 3

Hello everyone! Happy Girls Day!

This Week:

Reading: Our focus was “Fairy Tales.” These stories are super fun to read!

This week we read, Rumpelstiltskin, The Princess and the Pea, Jack and the Beanstalk, Hansel and Gretal, and Rapunzel. We tried to look for common themes throughout all Fairy Tales including a good opening (Once upon a time…) a good ending (and they all lived happily ever after), royalty (kings, princesses), love, good characters, bad characters, and special numbers or repeated phrases. Some Fairy Tales have all of those and others only have some of them. The students enjoyed all the stories that we read! Next week we’ll continue with some other common Folk Tales.

Writing: This week we started writing our own Fairy Tale! We used a graphic organizer to write down some ideas we have including good and bad characters, setting, magic, problem, solution, and beginning, middle, and end! The students are so creative with their stories! I can’t wait until they are finished!

Math: We are flying through Chapter 6 which is about double digit addition. The students are working so hard at double digit addition especially at understanding the place value of the 10’s. We are adding and subtracting by 10’s as well as we even tried double digit addition with regrouping.

Bible: We are finally introduced to our favorite Bible character of David! Saul disobeyed God and will not be king for very long. Instead God chooses David to be king. David is just a young shepherd guy but God sees his heart and chooses him. One of David’s most impressive thing is his battle with the giant Goliath. With God on his side, David fought a 9ft tall giant with only 5 stones and a slingshot. David also played the harp and wrote many of the Psalms that can be found in the Bible, including our Bible verse this week! On Thursday the students got to fight Goliath with pompoms and spoons!

Thursday was Dr. Seuss’ birthday! We celebrated by reading The Cat in the Hat and doing a Cat in the Hat 100’s grid coloring challenge. Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

Next Week:

Spelling Words: star, scat, sleep, skate, space, spell, smile, snack, swim, stop, could its

Bible Memory Verse: “Man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7b

Upcoming Events:

3/13: OCSI Holiday - No School

3/17: Culture Fair (K-2nd students will listen to the 3-5gr students explain their country reports!)

3/20: Elementary Student-Led Conferences

3/24: 3rd Quarter Ends

3/27: 4th Quarter Begins

3/29-31: Achievement Testing (grades 1-8)

3/31: Report Cards Issued

4/3-7: SPRING BREAK - No School